SDGs

Advocating Together for the SDGs

A report on how business and civil society can collaborate on advocacy for government policies in support of the SDGs. With Anglo American GSK, Mars Inc, International Alert, Oxfam, Save the Children and the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School.
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The Role of Business in Education and Training for Sustainable Development

A report on the role of business in supporting education and the SDGs. With Pearson, Arizona State University, and PRME, United Nations Global Compact.
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Partnerships with Innovation and Impact

On 18th July our flagship Business Fights Poverty Oxford conference takes place. This interactive day will explore how to enhance business with positive social impact, through collaboration and building trusted relationships. Our friends at Ethicore and The Partnering Initiative are leading the Partnership Zone and will be challenging attendees to think differently about impact partnerships.
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Advocating Together to Promote the Value of Overseas Development Assistance

Last year, the new US administration proposed significant funding cuts to US overseas development assistance. In response, both CARE USA and Mars decided to advocate jointly to policy makers in the US Congress to make the case that US government aid spending should be maintained at current levels.
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Care Work Matters: Advocating for Greater Recognition of Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

Oxfam, Unilever and Surf have come together to jointly advocate for public policies that recognise the burden of unpaid care and domestic work, and reduce and redistribute time spent on unpaid care and domestic work by girls and women through better access to public services, infrastructure and social protection policies.
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Advocating Together for Universal Health Coverage

How can we strengthen business-NGO advocacy partnerships for the SDGs? GSK and Save the Children share their insights on advocating together for universal health coverage.
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Joint Civil Society – Business Advocacy Is Emerging as a Powerful Tool to Drive Policy Change in Support of the SDGs

Civil society and business are increasingly seeing joint advocacy as a valuable tool to overcome limitations with individual advocacy. Our new guide to advocacy collaboration highlights three opportunities to drive change in support of the SDGs, as well as six key building blocks for responsible and effective advocacy collaboration.
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Entrepreneurs Are Changing The World

The CEMEX-Tec Award, in alliance with other organisations, annually recognises entrepreneurs and students who develop high-impact initiatives to foster sustainable development, innovation and entrepreneurship. This year its global call will receive projects until May 31st 2018.
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How can joint advocacy between civil society and business help to drive the policies needed to achieve the SDGs?

Click here to join this discussion on 22 May (3 – 4pm UK time) with a panel of panel of business and civil society organisations in the vanguard of joint advocacy.
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Business Fights Poverty NYC 2018

Join us for our annual UNGA week event, co-hosted with Barclays and GSK.  This half-day event, from 10.30am to 2.30pm, will include an inspiring
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Business Fights Poverty Oxford 2018

Join us for our annual flagship event at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, with the theme Rethinking Collaboration for Social Impact.  The one-day
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Meet the Longlist: Unilever Global Development Award, Supported by Business Fights Poverty

Business in the Community announce the longlist of companies selected for the The Unilever Global Development Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty. The award recognises businesses that demonstrate positive impact against one or more of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Missed our Skoll World Forum 2018 Ecosystem Event on Corporate Social Innovation?

Register to receive our Skoll World Forum 2018 Ecosystem event video. The event was held on 10 April in Oxford, UK. Learn about how social innovation can drive business and societal value. Explore real-life examples from leading companies of what social innovation looks like and how it is being enabled.
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Building Effective Partnerships for Sustainable Development

TPI’s 2.5 Day Intensive Training Course on Building Effective Partnerships for Sustainable Development, focuses on skills, understanding and knowledge for effective cross-sector partnering, optionally
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Corporate Social Innovation: Unlocking the opportunity in your organisation

Join our Skoll World Forum Ecosystem Event to learn how to unlock the potential of social innovation in your organisation. This interactive and practical event
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Why Retailers are Uniting to Tackle Climate Change

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) explains how some of the UK’s leading retailers are coming together to strengthen the industry’s response to environmental challenges. Recognising that scale is essential to drive change, the BRC and has come together under the new initiative Better Retail, Better World, to build a better, more prosperous and sustainable world.
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Collaboration: How Business Must Lead to Achieve Sustainable Development

Drawing on BSR’s 25 years of experience in designing, implementing, and scaling collaborative initiatives, this new report identifies the characteristics of successful collaborations and helps companies better understand how to prepare for and contribute to their success.
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Making the Most of Interesting Times – and Achieving the Global Goals

Reflections on the turning point of Larry Fink’s ‘BlackRock Letter’ to business leaders and the urgent need to embrace large-scale collaboration to meet each of the 17 SDGs.
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Supporting the SDGs through the Power of Data

GSMA, the UN Foundation and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data met with UN agencies and country missions to discuss the actual and potential contribution of partnerships and data to a better world. GSMA shares concrete examples of how an industry sector is using partnerships and data to deliver real impact on people’s lives
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Apply Now for the 2018 Unilever Global Development Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty!

Do you work for, or in partnership with, a business having a positive impact on one of more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Are you particularly proud of one your initiatives? If so, be sure to apply for the Unilever Global Development Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty!
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